External hard drive for laptop

[DtPeabodysLoosePants]

Hi, my laptop is slower than molasses and I think that the thousands of photos I have on there aren't helping matters so I'm after an external hard drive. It would just be for photos-what would you recommend please?

[cannycat20]

I don't have any very specific ones to recommend, but as a brand we've used WD and Seagate and both have been very good; Kingston also have good security if I remember rightly.

I'd personally also try to get one that isn't reliant on electricity but that is just USB to the computer - my first external drive needs to be plugged into the mains as well as to the computer and it is so annoying.

There's some really good advice at www.techradar.com/uk/news/best-external-desktop-and-portable-hard-disk-drives - the ones we have are 1TB and 2TB capacity and they're looking on the small side these days so the next one we get probably will be 4TB at least.

[yellowallpaper]

WD is good. I have one and it's so easy to use and tons of space.

[Dinlays]

What to look for when choosing an external hard drive? I need the data to be secure.

[Worlid]

I recommend to prefer reliable and proven manufacturers: for example Samsung, VD, Segate. I have never had a problem with them. While models of other brands were problematic. Some broke down in 2-3 years and I had to recover data with special software. Therefore it is not necessary to save in such questions, and it is better to choose reliable models of well-known brands.